Tag: Northeastern University

  • Nation & World

    Nature as storm defender

    The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s new program “Next in Science” brought together early career scientists to present their research to Harvard and the public. The event, which included speakers from the University of Glasgow and the Sea Education Association, offered a preview of Radcliffe’s October ocean symposium, “From Sea to Changing Sea.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Digital record of a stand against chaos

    Strong Medicine is a Harvard-sponsored archive of stories, photographs, oral histories and other media documenting the medical community’s response to the marathon bombings.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    75 and getting younger

    As the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard celebrates its 75th anniversary, the institution firmly embraces the changes and uncertainties of journalism’s future.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Clot-busting technology goes straight to work

    Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard have developed a novel biomimetic strategy that delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly to obstructed blood vessels, dissolving blood clots before they cause serious damage or even death.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Of brass and khakis

    Harvard’s NROTC midshipmen, from their first salute to their commissioning as officers, learn leadership and discipline during summer training and school-year classes.

    13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The aged game of rugby

    Harvard’s squad, a club team that is the oldest in the nation, is used to battling long odds (as well as mud and geese) to continue being a premier program.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    They ride by dawn

    With roots dating to 1890, an eclectic group gathers each fall for the cycling season, learning the rules of the road and having fun.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hip-hop Harvard

    A new book, “The Anthology of Rap,” celebrates the lyricism of rap and has earned its place in the Hiphop Archive at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

    8 minutes